Improvement in toy pistols



O. G. BUTTERWECK.

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OTTO C. BUTTERWECK, OF ST. LOUISfMISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY PISTOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,192, dated February 29, 1876; application filed Y December 21, 1875. y l

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OTTO G. BUTTERWEOK, Of the city and county Of St. Louis and State of. Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Toy Pistol; and I do hereby declare that the following is ya full, clear, and exact description Ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in whichv Figure 1 ,is a side elevation; Fig. '.2, a"

longitudinal sectional elevation. Y

wherein a marble is forced out of a tube by a piston impelled with considerable striking force by a rear spring that acts upon the piston-rod, as shown, as the latter is lifted by a trigger; also, specially, in the mode Of combining a' piston-rod, spring, and trigger.

A represents a pistol-stock, made in two separable sections held together by screws, or

the end of a rod, B, that has an end lOp, b1, and slides backward and forward in a guide,

In the large .Il F is a trigger Or lifting-leverI by which the rod B is elevated, the shoulder b2 disen gaged from the plate at a?, and the spring jallowed to exert its tension for propelling the piston against a marble, F.

The latter is prevented from rolling out at the mouth by a light side spring, G, no detent being required in its rear, as it is always inclined downward when the boy is aiming at a marble on the ground.

It is found in practicenot only to remedy the uncleanliness Of the old method of shooting marbles from the space between thumb and foretinger, but greatly tO increase the sport and add to the enjoyment of the game.

Having thus described myrinvention, what I claim as new is- A toy pistol, having a piston-rod, B', guidehanger, O, a disk or projection, b3, a trigger, F, and a plate or rod spring, D, all constructed and arranged v tO operate substantially as shown and described.

OTTO G. BUTTEBWEGK. Witnesses v FRED. G. MEHL, THOMAS F. DONAHUE. 

